HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Paul Quinn College

bd_38a0f94f5617a990 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 16, 2019

Filed

Jun 1, 2020

To disclose

41 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Paul Quinn College →2 incidents on file

Paul Quinn College notified Montana of a data security incident discovered on August 16, 2019, involving unauthorized access to employee email accounts. The incident may have exposed names and variable personal data. The college engaged cybersecurity experts and ID Experts to provide 12 months of identity protection services to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 41 weeks / 290 days

Aug 16, 2019

Discovered

Jun 1, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+33 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_10704756ad9e095c2020-06-01Verified
California State AGbd_85f80ebb40f44b7b2020-06-01Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_2a7f041578d4ff492020-06-02 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_932e81ad804f6a322020-06-02 · +1dVerified

Name: Paul Quinn College
norm: paul quinn college

Name: Paul Quinn College
norm: paul quinn college
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Aug 16, 2019
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 1, 2020
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took steps to secure the impacted email accounts and to further secure our email system
Began an extensive and detailed analysis of the email accounts
Engaged independent cybersecurity experts
Engaged ID Experts to provide complimentary MyIDCare services
Changes made: Provided complimentary MyIDCare services including Credit and CyberScan Dark Web Monitoring, identity theft insurance, and identity recovery services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 41 weeks(290 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGJun 1 · first

California State AGJun 1 · first

Montana State AGJun 1 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+1d

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Breach-NotificationDetails-179.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 1, 2020
Raw hash: e7b396140d53ab77908ac7273ae62a0987ebb8975fed15975a10a72b04fcf9b7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPaul Quinn College

Victim entityPaul Quinn College

Incidentdiscovered Aug 16, 2019

Stated responseTook steps to secure the impacted email accounts and to further secure our email system

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov